Chapter 14: The Queen is Disfigured
After breakfast the next day, Wei Luo led me to Huichun Palace to greet the Queen Mother. When we arrived, the Queen Mother leaned sideways on the couch, and the maid squatted in front of the couch with a decoction of medicine, and was feeding it spoonful by spoonful.
As Willow greeted the Queen Mother, he stood on one side and stood obediently. The Queen Mother waved her hand to signal the maid to retreat, sat up slightly straight, looked at Wei Luo very kindly, and said, "I heard Li Zesheng say that Concubine Zhao moved to your Yeyang Palace?" ”
"Yes, Yushu Palace is cold, and Erchen doesn't want Concubine Zhao to live there alone." Wei Luo moved the embroidery pier and sat next to the collapse, took the hand of the Queen Mother and said with concern: "The Queen Mother was frightened the day before yesterday, how do you feel now?" Would you like to send Dr. Han to ask for your pulse? ”
"The imperial doctor prescribed me a few soothing pills, and now I feel much better, but I always dream of assassins stabbing you at night, and I feel palpitations when I think about it. It's you, if you're injured, you can't rest well, and the queen will handle the affairs of the harem, so you don't have to ask about everything. The Queen Mother glanced at me with a strange expression when she said this, and then continued: "The mourning family originally thought that the assassin was the remnant of Wei Chi, but the queen ran to cry and said that the assassin escaped from the palace with the help of Concubine Zhao, so the assassin should have been sent by Lou Guo...... And the mourning family also heard that Concubine Zhao beat the queen the day before yesterday, and the queen is really delicate and expensive, and she almost lost her life after being slapped by Concubine Zhao, and she is still lying in Biqian Palace! Anyway, she is also the main palace that you have sealed, if you are free, go and visit! ”
Wei Luo frowned, and replied: "The retainer is going to visit, but the assassin has nothing to do with Concubine Zhao, and I hope that the queen mother will not listen to the queen's words." ”
"The mourning family is old, and there are some things that maybe they really shouldn't be asked about anymore. This assassination was not done by Wei Chi, you should take care of your sibling affection, and you have sent him to the border, so leave him alive for the time being! The Queen Mother got up from the collapse and slowly stomped in front of me.
Willow answered, and as she got up to get close to me, she backhanded me down.
"It is rumored that Princess Zhaowen of Lou Kingdom is very talented, especially good at calligraphy and painting, the mourning family did not receive your birthday gift on the birthday of the day before yesterday, but I hope you can make a picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix to make up for the birthday gift, I don't know if Concubine Zhao is willing?"
A hundred birds towards the phoenix? I can't even paint, how can I make a picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix? Looking at Wei Luo for help, his face was indifferent, but he just shook my hand tightly, and then said to the Queen Mother: "It is estimated that it will take some effort to make a hundred birds and a phoenix map, and it will not be offered by Concubine Zhao during the Lantern Festival next month, and it can also be used as a gift." ”
The Queen Mother estimated that she was suspicious of my identity, and because of Willow's face, she gave me such a problem. When Wei Luo led me out of Huichun Palace, I was still shaking my head, and my head was full of gray feathers and white beaks of birds flying.
"I'll figure it out when I paint, so relax. Xiahou Ying, you go with me, I just want to see how powerful your slap is to her. Willow gently took my shoulders and walked towards the queen's Biqian Palace.
"I didn't mean to use lice powder, she ...... first," I was about to explain, but Willow put her slender finger to my lips and whispered softly, "I know her character, and I promise you that it won't happen again." ”
I nodded, and as he stepped into the Lingxi Hall of Biqian Palace, Wei Luo led me into the inner room without letting the inner supervisor pass me on. The Queen's Lingxi Hall is really extraordinary, and it seems to be a little more luxurious than the Jingxuan Hall of Vero. Smelling the faint sandalwood, she walked to the bed, and saw Xiahou Ying sitting in front of the elegant rosewood dresser looking in the mirror, the left half of her face was a blur of flesh and blood, which was very terrifying.
Hearing the footsteps, she turned her head slightly, and saw that it was Wei Luo and me, her expression was stunned, and then she covered her face and knelt on the ground: "I don't know that the king has arrived, the concubine is rude, and I hope the king will forgive the sin." ”
After Vero motioned for her to get up, I blessed her, wondering how her face could rot if she had only used a little lice powder.
Wei Luo glanced at me, sat down as usual and asked Xiahou Ying, "What's the matter with your face?" ”
Xiahou Ying raised her head and stared at me viciously and replied, "It's all thanks to Concubine Zhao!" The day before yesterday, the guards found out that the assassin might be hiding in the Yushu Palace, and the concubine saw that the king was injured and cared about the chaos, so she slapped her in the face, who knew that Concubine Zhao was so vicious, she smeared poison on her hand and wanted to take the life of the concubine, if it wasn't for Doctor Han to give the concubine medicine the night before yesterday, the concubine was afraid that she would not have died to the king. ”
"You put Concubine Zhao in a water prison, and she was also poisoned by lice powder, why is she safe?" Wei Luo got up and took my hand and walked out of the door, leaving a sentence as he crossed the threshold, "Remember the oath you made in front of the widow before entering the palace, and in the future, if Concubine Zhao has the slightest injury, the widow is the only one who asks!" ”
I looked back and saw Xiahou Ying sitting on the ground with a dead face, a little wet tear stain on her pale pink skirt. If she wants to blame me, she will inevitably be too cruel to herself, what a woman cares about most is a face, if even this can be abandoned, it is enough to see that her feelings for Willow are real, but she used the wrong method. And Willow already had a tassel in her heart, and I was afraid that there would be no place for her anymore.
"Although it was her fault, you were indeed ruthless." After returning to Yeyang Palace, Willow loosened his arm around me and said to me with some disappointment.
I was stunned for a moment before I reacted, and hurriedly explained, "It's not me, that poison will only make her feel extremely itchy, and it won't make her face rot." ”
Seeing that I looked nervous, Willow held me in his arms, his warm snort hit my forehead, slightly itchy, I shrunk my neck, but he hugged me tighter, "I don't blame you, I just hope you use less poison in the future, so as not to hurt yourself." ”
Although it was a word of concern, I felt very uncomfortable listening to it, my eyes were hot and slightly moist, and I bit my lip and raised my head to try not to let the tears flow. He still didn't believe me after all......
Ni Meng walked out from Jingxuan Hall with Huanhuan in her arms, and saw me and Wei Luo standing in front of the door, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute after putting Huanhuan down, "See your lord, see Concubine Zhao." ”
Only then did Willow let go of me, and smiled at Ni Meng, "The widow still has some government affairs to deal with, so let's go first." ”
"Congratulations." Ni Meng blessed him, hugged Huanhuan into his arms again, looked at Wei Luo's distant figure, and leaned over to me, "Sister Le, Huanhuan has been having a runny nose since the morning, I don't know if I have a cold." ”
Catch cold? How could it be, last night it slept between me and Willow I don't know how warm it was, but it was still a little worried: "Why don't you find Doctor Han to take a look at it?" ”
"Physician Han is a veterinarian?" Mud Meng asked with a pair of clear eyes.
Ahem, choked on his own saliva, glaring at Ni Meng viciously, if Doctor Han is a veterinarian, then what are me and Willow who have been treated by her?